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According to the CDC document another member just posted about last year's epidemic in WA (of which many of the infected individuals were vaxxed) 5.7% of the cases were diagnosed as parapertussis, and the majority being B. Pertussis.

The CDC still believes that the numbers in epidemics are rising because the numbers in vaccinations have declined. Which makes no sense to me. Still, why is this seeming to be an 'all of the sudden' problem. The highest numbers we've seen in 60 years?

So, if the majority of the cases being seen are for the B. Pertussis, which is the type the vax is intended for, and this vaccine presumably used to work better..is it not really B. Pertussis they are seeing? Is there just more pertussis in the community (perhaps due to non immunized individuals) making it harder for a vaxxed person to fight off because we don't have the 'herd immunity'? I wish there was an answer! Or maybe there is and I'm not seeing it..

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I don't know why the difference between the whole cell and acellular vaccines isn't brought up more often.

In the 90's they started switching the vaccine from the whole cell version, (which was much more effective but also caused more reactions) to an acellular version (which causes less reactions, but is less effective and wears off more easily).

That means everyone younger than 20 yrs old who had the acelluar version is probably not protected (and not being reported, because for non-infants, I don't think that whooping cough is really that problematic).

the whole blaming the unvaccinated population doesnt make any logical sense at all - we are experiencing the highest incidence of vaccination against pertussis ever seen in the US according to the CDC ...